Jim Beam & Mila Kunis

We Drank Bourbon With Mila Kunis. Be Jealous.

AM: Since you're a bourbon girl… A guy's in a bar: Can he still buy a drink for a woman? MK: Absolutely.

AM: What's the best way to do that? Should he guess? MK: Ask the waiter what she's having. No guessing. Because you also don't want to assume that she's drinking alcohol. Sometimes she's drinking water. But I think it's great. Chivalry is not dead and you should be a gentleman. But if you are going to buy a girl a drink, buy it. Don't just offer it. Follow through.

AM: In addition to bourbon on the rocks, do you have a favorite bourbon cocktail? MK: They're all downstairs, honestly [following the interview, Bill's Food & Drink was celebrating with three drinks: Black 'n Rocks, Jacob's Ghost and Soda, and a Makin' History Whiskey Sour]. But when I was in Kentucky, Fred's wife made me a Whiskey Sour which was delicious [she later admitted she had two]. I like the Penicillin, which is whisky, honey, lemon juice and ginger beer.

AM: You know the Penicillin is a New York City invention. MK: No!

AM: Yep. Sam Ross, who was with Milk & Honey at the time, created it [the original features single malt or blended scotch with a rinse of smoky Islay Scotch whisky]. MK: You're the first person today who's not only heard of the cocktail, but actually knew where it came from! I should go and have one.

AM:You need to go to Sam's new place, Attaboy, where the old Milk & Honey was. MK: Well, there you have it! [to a handler at her side: "Will you remember this bar for me?"] I first got it at a restaurant I was at and the mixologist said, "What liquor do you want?" I said, "Any kind of bourbon," and it was great.

AM: Let's talk real quickly about your new film, the sci-fi thriller Jupiter Ascending. You play the title character. Can you walk us through it a bit? MK: It's a bit of a hard movie to put into one sentence. It's the Wachowski siblings [their first original collaboration since the Matrix franchise]. It's Channing Tatum and myself. I play a young girl living in Chicago. The base storyline is all about consumption and how we as a society are all about consuming and it's all we care about. Ultimately, it's a sci-fi film; it's great and big. We had fun shooting it in London and Chicago for six or seven months.